Articles filed under Health Crises
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Aurora meat plant sued after butcher's wife dies of COVID-19Aug 11, 2020 1:00 am - A lawsuit is seeking damages for wrongful death after a longtime butcher at an Aurora meatpacking plant caught COVID-19 and passed it to his wife, who died May 2. In a s...
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Scientists uneasy as Russia approves 1st coronavirus vaccineAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - MOSCOW - Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, a move that was met with international skepticism and unease because the shots have...
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Ninety more COVID-19 contact tracers ready to deploy in Kane CountyAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - Kane County will begin a more robust and aggressive contact tracing program for local residents who test positive for COVID-19 this coming Monday as it nears the grim mi...
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Some Lake County employees face pay cuts through unpaid holidaysAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - Three days that previously had been paid time off for Lake County government employees will be unpaid days this fall for about half the workforce under a controversial p...
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St. Charles District 303 to reopen schools in phasesAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - St. Charles Unit District 303 is rolling out a modified reopening plan that will send elementary and middle school students back to school in phases, while high schooler...
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Suburbs averaging 769 new COVID-19 cases a day, up from 403 a month agoAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - As the state announced 1,549 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, Illinois Department of Public Health records show the suburbs are now averaging 769 new cases a day over the ...
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Lake County Board extends emergency declaration until Sept. 8Aug 11, 2020 1:00 am - A divided Lake County Board on Tuesday voted to extend the emergency declaration prompted by the COVID-19 crisis until Sept. 8 or until Gov. J.B. Pritzker cancels his em...
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Coronavirus breaks out again in New Zealand after 102 daysAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday that authorities have found four cases of the coronavirus in one Auckland household from...
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Pritzker's mask rule survives legislative panel voteAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A legislative panel that oversees the state's administrative rule-making process voted along partisan lines to allow Gov. JB Pritzker's emergency rule to e...
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Worldwide virus cases top 20 million, doubling in six weeksAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - It took six months for the world to reach 10 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. It took just over six weeks for that number to double. The worldwide count of kn...